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{{short description|Dutch association football player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Jo Mommers
|image          = Jo Mommers (1952).jpg
|caption        = Mommers in 1952
|fullname       = Johannes Cornelis Adrianus Mommers<ref>{{cite web |title=Jo Mommers |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jo-mommers/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=20 December 2020}}</ref>
|birth_date     = {{birth date|1927|6|12|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [[Tilburg]], Netherlands
|death_date     = {{death date and age|1989|3|13|1927|6|12|df=yes}}
|death_place    =
|position       = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|youthyears1    =
|youthclubs1    = GUDOK
|years1         = 1946–1955
|clubs1         = [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]]
|caps1          =
|goals1         =
|nationalyears1 = 1952
|nationalteam1  = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
|nationalcaps1  = 1
|nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
'''Johannes Cornelis Adrianus "Jo" Mommers''' (12 June 1927 &ndash; 13 March 1989) was a Dutch [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]]. He competed in the [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|men's tournament]] at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/jo-mommers-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124059/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/jo-mommers-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Jo Mommers Olympic Results |access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26673 |title=Jo Mommers |work=Olympedia |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
Born in [[Tilburg]], Mommers started his football career at local club GUDOK before moving to the main club in the city, [[Willem II (football club)|Willem II]] at age 17.<ref name="volkskrant-1951">{{cite news |title=Portret van een kampioensploeg: De elf van Willem II |url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=%22jo+mommers%22&page=1&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2201-01-1949%22%29&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_lte_+%2215-03-1989%22%29&coll=ddd&redirect=true&sortfield=date&identifier=ABCDDD:010867507:mpeg21:a0122&resultsidentifier=ABCDDD:010867507:mpeg21:a0122 |access-date=20 December 2020 |work=[[De Volkskrant]] |date=30 April 1951 |language=Dutch}}</ref><ref name="willem-ii">{{cite news |title=Willem II |url=http://historiebetaaldvoetbal.nl/willem-ii/ |access-date=20 December 2020 |work=Historie Betaald Voetbal |language=Dutch}}</ref> He broke his leg in a 3–1 loss to [[NAC Breda|NAC]], where he collided with opposing player [[Louis Overbeeke]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hattrick van Canjels; Mommers breekt been |url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=%22jo+mommers%22&page=6&sortfield=date&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2201-01-1949%22%29&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_lte_+%2215-03-1989%22%29&coll=ddd&redirect=true&identifier=ddd:010952189:mpeg21:a0181&resultsidentifier=ddd:010952189:mpeg21:a0181 |access-date=20 December 2020 |work=Het Vrije Volk |publisher=De Arbeiderspers |date=7 July 1955 |location=Rotterdam |page=5 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
==Honours==
'''Willem II'''
*[[Eredivisie|Netherlands Football League Championship]]: [[1951–52 Netherlands Football League Championship|1951–52]], [[1954–55 Netherlands Football League Championship|1954–55]]<ref name="willem-ii" />
==References==
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{{Netherlands football squad 1952 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Netherlands men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Footballers from Tilburg]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen]]
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